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Water Balance Flashcards

1
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Osmolyte

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Solutes that change the colligative properties of water

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Plasmolysis

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Shrinking of the cell

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Insensible water loss

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Losses in exhaled air, through the skin or in feces

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Overhydration

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greater than normal fluid volume

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2
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Causes of hypertonic dehydration

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  1. Respiration
  2. Sweat (humans)
  3. Inappropriate production of hypotonic urine
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3
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Osmolarity

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Concentration of osmolyte

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3
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Two types of edema

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Generalized

Localized

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4
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Concentration (C) = __________.

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Concentration (C) = Mass / Volume.

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4
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Causes of isotonic dehydration

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  1. Hemorrhage
  2. Sweat
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___________: plasma in the animal is hypotonic, because the gain of water exceeds the gain of osmolyte.

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Hypotonic Overhydration: plasma in the animal is hypotonic, because the gain of water exceeds the gain of osmolyte.

_____________________

Increased water, no change in osmolyte = cell swell

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5
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Important Anions of Plasma and Interstitium

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Cl- and HCO3-

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6
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Hypotonic

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Solution will cause the cell to swell

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7
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Net movement of water eventually results in _______________ pressures.

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Net movement of water eventually results in equal but opposing pressures.

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8
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_________ pressure decreases dramatically from arteriole to venule

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CHP pressure decreases dramatically from arteriole to venule

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9
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________ of body water is extracellular water.

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20% of body water is extracellular water.

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9
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Important cations of the intracellular fluid

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K+ and Mg2+

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9
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Dehydration

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Less than normal fluid volume

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10
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Normal osmolarity

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286-290 mOm

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11
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_____ of extracellular water is plasma water.

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4% of extracellular water is plasma water.

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11
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Crenation

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Term used synonymously with plasmolysis as it occurs in red blood cells

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11
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_________ are pressures from interstitium to plasma

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Reabsorption are pressures from interstitium to plasma

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11
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Decreased PCOP caused by

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Starvation

Kidney Disease

Liver Disease

_____________________

Decreased [protein] in plasma, thus decreased water moving into the capillary

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11
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Causes of hypotonic overhydration

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  1. Psycogenic
  2. Excess Reabsorption of water
  3. Drowning
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13
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Cardiac output = ____________.

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Cardiac output = Stroke Volume x Heart Rate.

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15
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__________ of water is critical to normal functioning of the body.

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Distribution of water is critical to normal functioning of the body.

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16
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Molal = ________.

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Molal = Moles / Liter of H2O.

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17
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__________: mole of charge; equal + and -.

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Equivalent: mole of charge; equal + and -.

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18
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_________: effective osmotic pressure; whether the movement of water will cause a cell to change in size

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Tonicity: effective osmotic pressure; whether the movement of water will cause a cell to change in size

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18
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Starling Forces are

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CHP

IFHP

PCOP

IFCOP

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18
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___________ are pressures from plasma to interstitium

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Filtration are pressures from plasma to interstitium

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19
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All biological reactions occur in an _________ environment.

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All biological reactions occur in an aqueous environment.

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21
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__________: Sum of protons and neutrons.

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Mole: Sum of protons and neutrons.

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23
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Examples of ___________ include boiling and freezing points.

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Examples of colligative properties include boiling and freezing points.

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24
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____________ maintains the volume, composition and concentration of solutes in all compartments.

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Homeostasis maintains the volume, composition and concentration of solutes in all compartments.

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25
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Increased CHP is caused by

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Decrease radius of veins

Decreased fluid in venous system

_______________

Increased osmotic pressure into the capillary, thus increased hydrostatic pressure to equalize it

26
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Capillary epithelium is permeable to __________.

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Capillary epithelium is permeable to electrolytes.

_________________________

This is why plasma and interstitium have equal [electrolytes]

27
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Most accurate estimate of plasma osmolarity

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1.86 [Na+K] + [Glucose/18] + [Urea/3]

28
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There is an increased [_______] in plasma which also increases the ________ pressure.

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There is an increased [protein] in plasma which also increases the osmotic pressure.

29
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________ pressure increases and then decreases from arteriole to venule

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PCOP pressure increases and then decreases from arteriole to venule

29
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_____________: plasma in the animal is isotonic, because isotonic fluid is lost.

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Isotonic Dehydration: plasma in the animal is isotonic, because isotonic fluid is lost.

____________________

Decreased water, Decreased osmolyte

31
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The most valuable nutrient is ________.

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The most valuable nutrient is water.

31
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Solutes move from one fluid compartment to another by:

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  1. Endocytosis
  2. Exocytosis
  3. Pressure filtration at the glomerulus
  4. Solvent drag
31
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Least accurate estimate of plasma osmolarity

32
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Plasma is separated from interstitial fluid by ____________.

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Plasma is separated from interstitial fluid by capillary epithelium

34
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Cytolysis

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Cell swelling to point where stress on plasma membrane causes it to rupture

35
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Important anions of intracellular fluid

A

HPO4 2- and Protein

36
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Hypervolemia

A

Greater than normal blood volume

37
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_________: plasma in the animal is isotonic, because isotonic fluid is gained.

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Isotonic Overhydration: plasma in the animal is isotonic, because isotonic fluid is gained.

39
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1 kg H2O = ___ L H2O

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1 kg H2O = 1 L H2O

40
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Normovolemia

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Normal blood volume

41
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Molar = _________.

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Molar = Moles / Liter.

43
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Flow = _________ or _______.

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Flow = Volume / Time or Mass / (Time x C).

45
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_________ of body weight is water.

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60% of body weight is water.

46
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_____________: plasma in the animal is hypertonic because water loss exceeds loss of osmolyte.

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Hypertonic Dehydration: plasma in the animal is hypertonic because water loss exceeds loss of osmolyte.

___________________

Decreased water, no change in osmolyte = cell shrinks

48
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Cardiac Output

A

Flow of blood out of the heart

49
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Hypovolemia

A

Less than normal blood volume

50
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_______ pressure and _______ pressure are unchanged from arteriole to venule.

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IFHP pressure and IFCOP pressure are unchanged from arteriole to venule.

51
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A rough estimate of blood is

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1/2 Plasma, 1/2 Cells

53
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Mole = _______.

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Mole = 6.02x1023.

54
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Intracellular and extracellular fluids are separated by ______________.

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Intracellular and extracellular fluids are separated by cell membrane.

56
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Most of extracellular fluid percentage is made up of ___________.

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Most of extracellular fluid percentage is made up of interstitial fluid.

58
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________ predomiates at the arteriole, _______ predominates at the venule.

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Filtration predomiates at the arteriole, Reabsorption predominates at the venule.

59
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Sensible water loss

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Losses in urine; volume easilty measured

61
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Plasma and Interstitial Fluid are considered to be ______cellular fluid.

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Plasma and Interstitial Fluid are considered to be extracellular fluid.

62
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Edema

A

Collection of abnormally high amounts of interstital fluid

63
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Most common form of dehydration

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Hypertonic Dehydration

64
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Causes of isotonic overhydration

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  1. Iatrogenic
  2. Excess reabsorption of Na
66
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Ventilation

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Flow of air into and out of the lungs

67
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Osmole

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A mole of osmolyte

68
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________ of body water is intracellular water.

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40% of body water is intracellular water.

69
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______ of extracellular water is extracellular fluids.

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16% of extracellular water is extracellular fluids.

70
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Ventilation = _________________

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Ventilation = Respiratory Rate x Tidal Volume

71
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Increased [solute] will _________ osmotic pressure due to water movement toward the impermeant solute.

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Increased [solute] will increase osmotic pressure due to water movement toward the impermeant solute.

72
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Equivalent (Eq) = _________.

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Equivalent (Eq) = (g substance) (valence) / Atomic Weight.

74
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Osmotic Pressure

A

Pressure exerted in a solution with impermeant solute and water crossing barrier

76
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A solution in whihc causes osmosis is referred to as __________.

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A solution in whihc causes osmosis is referred to as osmotically active.

77
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Osmosis

A

Net movement of water from a solution with lesser concentration of impermeant solute to solution of greater concentration of impermeant solute

78
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Imporant cations of Plasma and Interstitium

A

Na+ and K+

79
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Edema can be caused by

A

Increased CHP

Decreased PCOP

Increased IFCOP

80
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Isotonic

A

Solution will cause a cell lto neither shrink or swell

81
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Hypertonic

A

Solution will cause teh cell to shrink

82
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If an osmolyte cannot cross a membrane which allow the passage of water, ______ will occur.

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If an osmolyte cannot cross a membrane which allow the passage of water, osmosis will occur.

83
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___________: plasma in the animal is hypotonic, because los of osmolyte exceeds loss of water.

A

Hypotonic dehydration: plasma in the animal is hypotonic, because los of osmolyte exceeds loss of water.

_____________________

No change in water, increase of osmolyte

84
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Increased IFCOP caused by

A

Inflammation

Tissue damage

Inadequate or obstructed lymph flow

________________

Increased interstital proteins causes an increase in water flowing into the interstitium

85
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Solvent drag

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Solutes dissolved in water are transported as water moves paracellularly

RUSVM Physiology II (7 decks)

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